Service Details
Name:
 HALE
Given Name:
 GEORGE EDWARD
Initials:
 G E
Service No:
 6537
Rank:
 Private
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Regiment:
 South African Infantry
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Unit:
 2nd Regt.
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Date of Death:
 1917-07-16
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Age:
 23
Cause of Death:
 Died of wounds, gun shot wound injury to spine, received at Delville Wood
Additional
Information:
Son of Edward and Alice Hale, of Red Hill, Durban, Natal. Born Battersea, London. Member of the Queens Park Swimming Club. An engine fitter with the SAR&H. Served with the Durban Light Infantry in GSWA 1914-1915; served with the 2nd Regiment in France; WIA (GSW to spine) at Bernafay Wood 13/7/1916. He was evacuated to Rouen, then Wandsworth, England; repatriated Durban; operation on spine to remove shrapnel 30/6/1917 successful - condition dangerous. Commemorated on the following WWI Memorials: Frere Rd Presbyterian Church; 'The Greenwood Park, Red Hill & Avoca' in Red Hill Cemetery, Durban North; the Queens Park Swimming Club, Durban North Swimming Pool; St. Mary?s Anglican Church, Greyville the Durban Light Infantry & the Durban Cenotaph & on the SAR&H WWI Memorials in Durban & Bloemfontein railway stations.
Commemoration
Country:
 South Africa
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Locality:
 Kwazulu Natal
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Cemetery:
 DURBAN (ORDNANCE ROAD) MILITARY CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 B. 38.

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